Topics for Discussion- ISACS Counselor Meeting

Topics:

Services for Boys, Gender based

Referral List

Spectrum Kids

Divorce

Sexing- Cyber Safety Issues

What Services are Working for People

Engaging Middle and HS Students in services
Health, Mind/Body Services

Book Club Recommendations

Resources for Families with limited financial aide
Erickson ( 0-8 )
Jewish Family Service
Family Institute
Cathedral Counseling
UIC - ? sliding scale?
Creative Therapy Through the Arts
Rebecca Schatz OT
Amy Zier OT
CircEsteem

Psychiatrist
Gary Mart, city
Josh Kahn, Skokie
Barry Childress, psychoanalyst
Paul Holinger,
David Hersh (expensive and doesn’t take insurance)
Sonja Owely
Suchetta Connolley, UIC Head of Pediatric Anxiety Disorder
Karen Pierce
Marianne Solomon
Miriam Gutman
Larry Fink

OCD
Karen Cassidy

Couples Counselor

Outlier Kids- how to help these kids

Girls on the Run

Record Keeping

IEP Process
How to track/create institutional memory
Discussion of different systems with information
Blurbs- ½ page about that student and recommendations

Cultural Development and Bullying Programs across schools and within our schools

Resources for Assisting in Positive Community Develop
Choosing Civility by Forni
Examples and tips about how to make things positive
Campaign for Community Kindness
Four traits to bring to the school
Ethical Literacy- Five Middle Schools (what are your five values)
Respect, Responsibility, Diversity, Compassion, Integrity, Tolerance, Optimism, Compassion, Cooperation,
Gratitude
Values Project through the Bahai Temple
Habits of Mind – persistence, Striving for accuracy, excellence, metacognition, managing impulsivity. (Stanley Clark School- interested in advisory systems)
Responsive Classroom

Books list and resources
Parent Book Club

Parent Loss

Impact of Economy on families with

Illness with children and families
Leukemia with student
Possible resources for families
Willow House
Gilda’s Club
U of Chicago, Hospital Companionship Program for children (6 week)

Anorexia and Eating Disorders/ Delicate Cutters
Pat Buckley-